The opening track from the latest release by Kevin Macleod. Kevin Macleod plays Scottish traditional music on mandolin, bouzouki, cittern and resonator tenor guitars. He is accompanied here on his 4th solo recording “Highland Strands” by longstanding friends Luke Plumb (Shooglenifty) on bouzouki & mandolin, Alec Finn (De Danann) on bouzouki, fiddler John Martin (Ossian, […]
Music of the Loom by Danny Kyle
According to his sleeve notes, Danny defines the “heroes” as the songs and their carriers, whilst the “soft targets” are the people for whom they were written. By that definition, then, as well as by many others, Danny Kyle was indeed a hero. On this CD we have thirteen tracks which reflect exactly the mixture […]
Island of Hope by Linsey Aitken & Ken Campbell
Island of Hope is the third track from Kith & Kin, the new album from Linsey Aitken & Ken Campbell. The songs and music presented on this album are all about Kith and Kin, each with a story, each with a Scottish connection and a tale to be told. The album acts as Linsey and […]
Bleecker Street/The Busker by David Grubb
The single is heavily influenced by large cityscapes, most significantly New York. Bleecker Street is a vibrant passage in the centre of Manhattan full of interesting music and art. This first melody features an unusual 5/4 time signature which continues to develop as the track progresses. We then transition into The Busker using polyrhythmic footsteps. […]
A ghaoil, leig dhachaigh gum mhàthair mi (O love, let me home to my mother) by Julie Fowlis
Taken from Julie’s fourth studio album, this hypnotic and mysterious song tells the tale of a young girls’ encounter with the ‘each-uisge’ or water-horse. Featuring award winning Scottish ensemble RANT, with strings arranged by flautist and composer Tom Doorley. Brought up on North Uist in Scotland’s Outer Hebrides, Fowlis has been a proud standard bearer […]
Bagpipe Music by Battlefield Band
The opening track from Battlefield Band’s ‘Room Enough For All’ album, ‘Bagpipe Music’ sets to music the words of a famous poem written by Irish born Louis MacNeice in the 1930s after a visit to Scotland’s Western Isles. The superficially ‘nonsense’ poem actually passes deeper comment on what MacNeice perceived as the decline of the […]
Hi Ho Ro Tha Mi Duilich by Breabach
Ùrlar is the fourth instalment from the Scottish folk band Breabach. The name translates as ground and the music on this album was collected and composed by the band from friends, family and local musicians that have had an impact on their lives and music. Hi Ho Ro Tha Mi Duilich A 19th century emigrants […]
The Wing by Shooglenifty
The Wing remixed by Quee Macarthur is taken from Disc 2 of the band’s epic double album Murmichan (2009). Shooglenifty’s new album The Untied Knot will be released in December 2014. Shooglenifty’s sound springs from traditional Scottish dance music, energised by the beats and bass line of something altogether more contemporary. It is not a […]
The Rut by Skerryvore
‘The Rut’ is an instrumental track written by Skerryvore piper Martin Gillespie from the bands latest album ‘Chasing The Sun’ Inspired by sun-filled summers spent on Tiree that were the springboard for the band forming, ‘Chasing The Sun’ is the fifth and arguably most mature sounding Skerryvore album. Skerryvore first formed on the tiny lsle […]
Seer and the Lord by Salt House
Taken from the album ‘Lay Your Dark Low’, an original song based on the legend of the Brahan Seer, words and music by Ewan MacPherson. Acoustic four-piece Salt House is the meeting of four distinct musical minds on the Scottish scene. Their highly current sound is earthy, deep-rooted, yet eagerly progressive, built from grassroots folk […]
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